The Social and Economic Costs of Irregular English Spelling (I)
The English language is the world’s most misspelled language. As I wrote in my April 7, 2011 article titled “Top 10 Words Nigerians Common
Politics of Grammar
Politics of Grammar
El-Rufai’s Kufena Hills and Metaphors of Death in Nigerian Public Discourse
Everyday public discourse in Nigeria is disturbingly suffused with casual references to death and of appeals to violence against political opponents.
A phone app that can teach you English
Most people in the developing world, including Nigeria, access the Internet primarily through mobile devices, especially smartphones. Well, instead of
“My Names Are,” “Comity of States,” and Other “Ministerial Screening” Grammatical Murders
I didn’t follow the live broadcast of the recent senate confirmation hearing (or what the Nigerian media and social media commentariat call &ldq
10 mind-blowing facts about English that may shock you
Everyone knows English is an eccentric language with unpredictable rules and curious, illogical exceptions to its rules. But below are 10 trivial fact